There was panic along Bakin Ruwa
area of Kaduna State as three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, were
reportedly killed by the police during their Ashura Procession on Tuesday.
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria
(IMN) says the police killed three of its members during a procession in Kaduna
state on Tuesday.
The police had warned the
proscribed group against embarking on activities they described as ”an act of
advancement of terrorism”.
But the Shi’ite group defied the
warning of the police and embarked on its procession across the country.
It held a march in Abuja which
was largely peaceful, but reports of the procession from other parts of the
country paint a gory picture.
Yahaya Muhammed, media
coordinator of the IMN, told TheCable that three persons, including a minor was
killed in Kaduna while they were observing the religious ritual.
”In Abuja it (the procession) was
peaceful because the police could not stop us,” he said.
”Three persons were killed in
Kaduna, including a minor. In Gombe, there was shooting one person was
confirmed dead. In Azare local government (area) in Bauchi one person was
confirmed dead.”
But the police have denied the
claim.
Yakubu Sabo, spokesman of the
Kaduna police command, said that there was no report of casualty and that the group was making up stories
to win public sympathy.
“Based on the report we have,
there was no casualty. We received a report that they were sighted around Biakin
Ruwa bypass, and our men went there and dispersed them professionally,” he
said.
”That has been their (IMN)
approach to make frivolous claims. This is a group that has been proscribed by
the state and federal government. The police will not fold its arms; we
dispersed them professionally. There was no report of casualty. They are just
making this claim to seek public sympathy.”
Confrontations between the
Shi’ite group and the police, resulting in loss of lives and property, have
become frequent since the detention of its leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky.
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